I can't believe the rules are so complicated. Putting my legal hat on, as I've said before the best framework is where you have minimal conditions and leave the adjudicators to apply general principles. With 3rd party sponsorship, the rule should simply be: but for the player playing at their particular club, would they have been approached by the sponsor?

that the league would continue to scrutinise third-party deals based on a range of factors which included "the degree of independence between the club, the governance of the club and the third party",
....

The Hun Reports:

ANOTHER 15 Carlton players were paid by Visy this year to be environmental ambassadors.

and...

Judd picks the Blues over Melbourne, Essendon and Collingwood, the Blues pay him $800,000 and the prez kicks in $200,000 a year from the start of Judd's second year.